Building High Performing Leaders, Teams & Businesses
Learn · Grow · Transition
Sustainable success isn’t left to chance—it’s built on a vivid vision, a compelling purpose, and a structure that empowers people to perform at their best. We help business owners and leadership teams implement proven frameworks for growth, decision-making, and long-term value creation.
Learn by discovering your vision, value, and plan, grow by de-risking and building the foundational strategies to drive your flywheel, and transition by creating a clear success plan for what’s next.
Business Strategy, Operating System & Growth Coaching
Align vision, build structure, drive execution, and scale with confidence.
Executive And Leadership Coaching
Develop humble—yet bold—capable leaders
who execute and inspire.
Business Succession, Transition & Exit Planning
Protect your business, plan for your future, and maximize value.
Build Your Business on Unshakable Principles
Learn a proven operating system designed to scale your enterprise through five core principles. Master these, and you’ll create a business that grows stronger every year.
People
Put the right people in the right roles early — and give them the tools and coaching they need to move in the same direction.
Purpose
Lead with “why”. Define a clear mission, vision, and values, then build a strategy that turns them into reality.
Playbooks
Document and refine your key processes—internally and externally—so your business runs smoothly at every level.
Performance
Focus on what matters. Set goals and track them consistently on annual, quarterly, and weekly rhythms.
Profits
Strong profits follow when the other principles are in place—fueling growth and creating a positive cycle of impact.
These Five Pinnacle Principles form the foundation for the practices and tools we share, guiding your through a personalized journey desgined to amplify your impact and bring your vision to life.
What Our Clients Say
SACKETT WOOD
CEO | MOORE & GILES, LEATHER SINCE 1933 (FOREST, VA)
Tommy has opened our eyes to a disciplined approach on how to define and achieve our future vision. We create actionable plans and allocate the resources to make measurable improvements. I firmly believe our business coaching relationship with Tommy is making us a better company.
MICHAEL EDWARDS
FOUNDER/OWNER | PINE APPAREL, INC. (PINEHURST, NC)
Tommy has been a strong strategic partner as the team at Pine Apparel stretches to navigate an ever-changing business climate. He’s invested time and exhibited a genuine interest by immersing himself in the business, from daily activities to long-term goals, allowing him to assess intricacies with a thorough perspective. Tommy creates an environment that’s engaging and rational, with individual attention, high integrity, and flexibility.
CHRIS THARP
OWNER/PRESIDENT | THARP FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY(LYNCHBURG, VA)
I have been working with Financial Designs for over a decade. In addition to helping my father and I successfully navigate the transition of ownership in our family business, Rick, Tommy and their team have helped us develop our management team through their Abundance Business Coaching Program. Our company is now more profitable than ever and all of us have a much higher sense of job satisfaction because our efforts and individual skills are aligned.
GRANT FISHER
PRESIDENT | CUSTOM BRICK & SUPPLY COMPANY (RALEIGH, NC)
Tommy has played an integral part in helping me establish a vivid vision for Custom Brick while guiding us to improve processes and define personnel roles to help us reach that vision. We have worked through playbooks, organizational charts, accountability measures, communications, meeting structures and more to professionalize our business. Personally, Tommy’s coaching has pushed me to become a successful leader of our growing organization.
BRYAN HUFFMAN
CFO | WILLIAMS REALTY & BUILDING COMPANY (RALEIGH, NC)
Over my career, I have been involved in over a dozen strategic planning projects. The strategic business planning process that Tommy employs is the best I have experienced. Too often the planning process gets bogged down in debates over “big ideas”, mission and vision and fails to address a company’s ability to align behind and execute this vision and plan. Tommy’s approach very intentionally focuses on execution practices—people, systems, organization and meeting structures, scorecards, goal setting and transparent accountability practices—while guiding us to deliver our best thinking on our vision. This combination is highly motivating and exciting as we climb toward an inspired future.
PAUL LILES
PRESIDENT AND CEO
G. W. LILES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC (CONCORD, NC)
Before working with Tommy, we had a strong team and a desire for growth but lacked a clear strategy. Our revenue had plateaued for three years. Tommy helped us shift our leadership mindset, create a strategic growth plan, and embed it into our culture. Since engaging with Battle Business & Leadership Coaching, we’ve seen over 10% year-over-year growth, improved work-life balance, and successfully elevated employees from within. I highly recommend Tommy to any leadership team serious about growth but unsure how to achieve it—his coaching brings executive-level accountability and company-wide strategic alignment.
SACKETT WOOD
CEO | MOORE & GILES, LEATHER SINCE 1933 (FOREST, VA)
Tommy has opened our eyes to a disciplined approach on how to define and achieve our future vision. We create actionable plans and allocate the resources to make measurable improvements. I firmly believe our business coaching relationship with Tommy is making us a better company.
GRANT FISHER
PRESIDENT | CUSTOM BRICK & SUPPLY COMPANY (RALEIGH, NC)
Tommy has played an integral part in helping me establish a vivid vision for Custom Brick while guiding us to improve processes and define personnel roles to help us reach that vision. We have worked through playbooks, organizational charts, accountability measures, communications, meeting structures and more to professionalize our business. Personally, Tommy’s coaching has pushed me to become a successful leader of our growing organization.
PAUL LILES
PRESIDENT AND CEO
G. W. LILES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC (CONCORD, NC)
Before working with Tommy, we had a strong team and a desire for growth but lacked a clear strategy. Our revenue had plateaued for three years. Tommy helped us shift our leadership mindset, create a strategic growth plan, and embed it into our culture. Since engaging with Battle Business & Leadership Coaching, we’ve seen over 10% year-over-year growth, improved work-life balance, and successfully elevated employees from within. I highly recommend Tommy to any leadership team serious about growth but unsure how to achieve it—his coaching brings executive-level accountability and company-wide strategic alignment.
MICHAEL EDWARDS
FOUNDER/OWNER | PINE APPAREL, INC. (PINEHURST, NC)
Tommy has been a strong strategic partner as the team at Pine Apparel stretches to navigate an ever-changing business climate. He’s invested time and exhibited a genuine interest by immersing himself in the business, from daily activities to long-term goals, allowing him to assess intricacies with a thorough perspective. Tommy creates an environment that’s engaging and rational, with individual attention, high integrity, and flexibility.
CHRIS THARP
OWNER/PRESIDENT | THARP FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY(LYNCHBURG, VA)
I have been working with Financial Designs for over a decade. In addition to helping my father and I successfully navigate the transition of ownership in our family business, Rick, Tommy and their team have helped us develop our management team through their Abundance Business Coaching Program. Our company is now more profitable than ever and all of us have a much higher sense of job satisfaction because our efforts and individual skills are aligned.
BRYAN HUFFMAN
CFO | WILLIAMS REALTY & BUILDING COMPANY (RALEIGH, NC)
Over my career, I have been involved in over a dozen strategic planning projects. The strategic business planning process that Tommy employs is the best I have experienced. Too often the planning process gets bogged down in debates over “big ideas”, mission and vision and fails to address a company’s ability to align behind and execute this vision and plan. Tommy’s approach very intentionally focuses on execution practices—people, systems, organization and meeting structures, scorecards, goal setting and transparent accountability practices—while guiding us to deliver our best thinking on our vision. This combination is highly motivating and exciting as we climb toward an inspired future.
The Battle Process
We utilize a structured approach designed to drive business success,
leadership excellence, and long-term value creation
LEARN
Discover Vision, Value
and Plan
GROW
De-Risk & Build the Foundation Strategies to Drive Your Flywheel
TRANSITION
What’s Next
Business Valuation Assessment
The Business Valuation Assessment quickly evaluates your business across 18 critical value drivers, delivering insights on your current value, potential value, value gaps, and priority areas, all in just 15-20 minutes.
This tool powers our value metric and servers as gateway to deeper business understanding.
Use the assessment to uncover growth opportunities, pinpoint risks, and quantify both current and potential business value—while starting meaningful, trust-based conversations with your team.
Problems We Solve
- Undefined plan for ownership, leadership, or management succession.
- Stagnant revenue and profit growth with no clear path forward.
- Complex or misaligned compensation structures disconnected from business value acceleration.
- Operational inconsistency—too reliant on individual heroics instead of documented playbooks.
- Uncoordinated advisory teams working in silos, lacking strategic alignment.
- Uncertainty about business valuation and how to maximize its worth.
- No structured ownership transition or exit plan that ensures a secure and abundant future.
Outcomes We Deliver
- A clear understanding of your company’s current and potential value, backed by benchmarks and strategies for acceleration.
- A written, strategic plan for business continuity, succession, and transition.
- Talent strategies—including recruiting, retention, compensation, and coaching plans—to build and sustain high-performing teams.
- An active and structured board of advisors or directors to guide strategic vision, governance, and decision-making.
- Collaborative alignment with financial and business advisors to integrate growth goals and risk management.
- Clarity on how to extract value from your business for financial security, retirement, and long-term wealth.
- Confidence, strategic clarity, and the tools to execute a long-term vision with precision.
Our Clients
About Battle BLC
Tommy Battle,
MBA, CEPA, CFP®
Tommy Battle is the Founder and Principal of Battle Business & Leadership Coaching. As a Certified Pinnacle Business Guide, he has been recognized for his commitment to mastery in his field. Tommy holds designations as a Certified Exit Planning Advisor and a Certified Financial Planner™. Drawing from his experience in leading complex business turnarounds, he helps business owners and their teams achieve their ambitious goals through culture, brand, operational, and financial transformations. Tommy is dedicated to bringing experiences, resources, and a robust network of solutions providers together for the benefit of his clients. Tommy is a leading member of the Legacy Advisor Network, a national association of business advisors focused on helping their clients protect, grow and transition their businesses. Tommy and his family live in Lynchburg, VA.
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